Lost 20 pounds and my doctor didn't say a word about it.

I'm 5'3" 215 pounds currently. I lost 20 pounds in the month since I last saw my doctor. I realized a few days after our latest appointment that she hadn't said a word of congratulations or support about losing weight. It seems like there should be an alert in the computer about sudden weight loss or something. I weighed myself when I got there and told them the number, but maybe the nurse didn't put it in the system. It's too bad, because I could have used the validation. It's okay, you guys have already given me lots of support, and I see her again in three months, so hopefully I will be under 200 by then :-)

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What modifications to your lifestyle have you personally had to make for weight loss?

Here is some of mine:

There is the typical plan of not keeping junk food in the house because I will eat it all. I just discovered a new one. I made a bunch of macaroni so I could have leftovers and eat it in all sorts of different ways.

Instead I got stoned last night and ate a huge amount. I used a Tupperware container because I thought my dinner bowls were too small. I then had two giant helpings, this is after eating a small bag of chips, two twinkies and a slurpee.

This morning I woke up and ate two more giant portions because I just wanted to finish it off.

So, note to self. Only cook individual portions and don't get stoned. Ha ha

What do you need to do that is maybe different from other people?

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Hard Time Getting Under 200

So I started this journey in November, and I am down to between 205-208. I honestly haven't weighed myself in a couple of weeks. And I've started to realize that I'm a bit afraid to get down below 200. I put on most of my weight after a traumatic experience in college, and have been working through that with a therapist, which is how I was able to start a (so-far) successful weight loss journey in the first place. But for some reason, 200 is the biggest mental hurdle so far. I've felt nothing but joy, happiness, and pain relief losing the first 50lbs, but this next 50 (or so, I don't have an official GW, just want to get to what feels good) is going to be the hardest for me mentally.

I haven't been bingeing or eating over my TDEE, but I have been eating at maintenance or just below, rather than my usual deficit. I don't want to put the weight back on, but I'm afraid to keep going. I have been keeping up with my exercise (I'm still feeling the weighted squats from Tuesday!) but even that is harder to achieve right now. I am proud of myself that I have not binged. I have still been maintaining an overall healthy diet, and haven't hidden my eating or any of the other disordered behaviours I've worked hard to break.

I am working on it with my therapist, and being open with my husband, and I have hope that I'll break through this mental fog eventually. I suppose that I was just hoping for advice or encouragement, or for anyone to share their stories of mental plateaus.

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SV I'm now below the weight I was when I graduated high school

So I [23F] have always had issues with weight, just like a lot of people here. When I was 14, I remember going to the doctor with my mom for something completely unrelated and when she was me at 5'4" and 164lbs, she said Nope! And we started working out together and eating better. Over the course of a year or something (can't totally remember) I got down to 145lbs. Two years later during my senior year, I started birth control for the first time and had awful side affects including terribly lethargy and increased appetite and shot up to 165 or so again inside of 2-3 months. During college I tried and failed several times to lose weight and after graduating, I got up about as high as 185.

I'm a year out of college now and have been actively trying to lose weight since November 2018. It's been very slow going, but I stepped on the scale the other morning and was at 159. Every day this week that I've stepped on it's been right around 160 so I'm sure it wasn't a fluke or just a large fluctuation.

So I'm so happy that I've made it this far! I'm now taller and lighter than I was when I graduated high school in 2014 and I'm happy to be able to notice the difference in myself. I measured the other day and I have 3" off my hips and bust (thank goodness because I seriously need lighter boobs). I have no idea what I'm going to look like at my goal but I'm happy to be getting closer.

I think the things that have made the difference with losing weight this time vs all the others was my mindset. I've been focusing on health in general instead of just weight loss. Of course my health means: eating healthy/clean food, eating less, exercise, enough sleep, plenty of water, and also positive self talk. I think being happy with where I am but still wanting to improve has been essential to me not getting depressed and giving up. I've been loosely counting but I'm an incredibly forgetful person so it just doesn't happen. I mentally aim for 1200 cals a day but I'm still happy if I hit below 1500. I also do IF so that has tremendously helped restrict intake. My window of eating is usually 1pm-9pm or so because I'm not much of a breakfast person and usually get pretty hungry right before bed. I try to do weight lifting a few times a week and some cardio as a warm-up, but it's been wildly inconsistent because of varying degrees of busyness in my schedule.

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Please tell me I am not alone

Starting off, I'm a 24 year old female who began my weight loss journey in 2017. I started out at 5'11, 273 lbs. Last summer I reached a huge milestone and got down to 213 lbs (a total of 60 lbs lost). Since then, I have gone through severe, major depression. My husband and I admitted myself into an inpatient behavioral program for a week (which was a great resource), my medication was increased significantly (which wasn't working to begin with) and prior to the hospitalization, I was smoking weed constantly (which, in turn, "encouraged" me to eat sooo much, I just didn't care). Within the past 6 months, I've gained all the weight back. I'm back to where I was and it's a TERRIBLE feeling. I had put so much time and effort into losing the weight, it all came back and it really sucks.

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These past few weeks have been an entire new low for me. However, I discontinued the use of one of my medications (Effexor, for anyone wondering) and I'm already not feeling as empty as I was. I truly believe that medication helped put me into a downward spiral. I'm beginning to start my weight loss journey once again, but I just need to know that it's possible. I feel so alone in this. My husband is fit and amazing and sticks to his goals (which I'm sooo proud of him for), but it can be very isolating, especially when he's in much better shape than I am. I have his support and he believes in me, I just don't know if I can do it all again.

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I apologize if this is too whiny or something similar has been posted before. I just need to know that it's possible. And that everything is going to be okay.

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It is no longer a FLUKE!

I am writing this post in hopes that some lurkers here would be encouraged to take the plunge with us in losing weight.

Most of my previous attempts at weight loss haven fallen apart because I just didn't believe I could lose weight, and when I did I chalked it up to just a fluke and not to my hard work. I never got far because I always felt that my weight was just fluctuating and I would end up right back where I started no matter what.

Today was an amazing day for me. Today I jumped on the scale and I weighed 259.8 lbs. Today was the day I dropped out of the 260s. Only now, have I realized just how massive this mental barrier was for me. Everything between 260 and 280 always just felt like 280 no matter what I did. But today, that mental barrier is gone. Only 20lbs down yes, but my whole world has shifted with this one tiny number.

Now I know that not only is it possible, but I am already doing it. I know that my early mornings at the gym and hard work keeping track of what I eat is actually paying off. No one, not even myself anymore can say that it is just a fluke. It is MY hard work and it is WORKING.

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When I was quietly celebrating this in my corner at the gym this morning, I wondered how many other people might have a similar mental barrier. Maybe some of you feel the same way about the first 10lbs all the way up to 40lbs. You just feel like you weigh the same no matter what happens in that initial loss.

If you feel like this is you and the thought of losing all you need to lose is overwhelming, maybe you should pick a goal like this. Let's say you have 100lbs to lose. Instead of thinking, "I need to lose 100lbs in the next year or so", just make your goal 20 or 30lbs. If you are anything like me, then hitting that initial goal will be proof to you that you have the strength to keep going.

The truth is, if the only wall ahead of you is only 20lbs, that will make it far easier to scale in a short time. Your goal could also be non-scale related like running 1km straight or doing 15 push-ups. I think it would probably be good to have something you can achieve in at most 2 months. If it goes longer than that you might get discouraged before you hit it.

*I should note too that this goal is relative to height/how overweight you are. For someone trying to lose 20lbs all-together then maybe 5lbs would be a good initial goal.

Just figure out what your "Proof Goal" needs to be and jump off the couch and get to it.

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For me, I have never been more motivated in my life than today. The proof that I am actually doing this thing now is so encouraging to me.

Obviously this isn't necessary for everyone, but if you are a weirdo and a crazy skeptic like me who doesn't even believe in the facts sometimes, it might be for you. I hope this can push someone out there to take that first step.

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